Saturday, October 17, 2009

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America




At the SFWA – Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website, all writers can find something at this site to assist them. In addition to the Writers Beware page which offers “Warnings About Literary Fraud and the Schemes, Scams, and Pitfalls That Target Writers,” the Information Center section also contains:



  • Advice for New Writers – manuscript preparation, writing tips, market listings 
  • Contracts and Copyrights – sample contracts, copyright, piracy info 
  • The Craft of Writing – writing techniques, workshops and critique groups, Maintaining motivation, avoiding writers’ block 
  • The Business of Writing – agent etiquette, royalty payments, copy-editing, career management, networking and self promotion, publishing technologies like podcasting, e-books, self-publishing.

Of course you can also find a lot of information about writing science fiction and fantasy, authors of science fiction and fantasy, and reading science fiction and fantasy!